单词 | ruction |
释义 | ructionn. 1. Originally Irish English (now colloquial). Originally: an uprising, an insurrection; a disturbance directed against authority. Now more usually: a disorderly dispute or quarrel; a row.In early use frequently spec.: the Irish Rebellion of 1798. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension tirpeilc1330 to-doc1330 affraya1393 frayc1420 tuilyiea1500 fraction1502 broil1525 ruffle1534 hurly-burly1548 embroilment1609 roil1690 fracas1727 row1746 the devil among the tailors1756 noration1773 splorea1791 kick-upa1793 rumption1802 ruction1809 squall1813 tulyie-mulyie1827 shindy1829 shine1832 donnybrook1852 shiveau1862 roughhouse1882 ruckus1885 shemozzle1885 turn-up1891 rookus1892 funk1900 incident1913 potin1922 shivoo1924 furore1946 shindig1961 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > a disturbance or riot stormOE disturbance1297 disturblancec1330 riota1393 disturbation1529 ruffle1534 upstir1549 tumult1560 embroilment1609 hubbuba1625 embroil1636 ruction1809 uproaring1827 1809 M. Edgeworth Tales Fashionable Life I. xii. 263 All the ill-will you got in the county the time of the last 'ruction. 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy IV. vi. 254 You may sind me back to Botany now, if you plaze, Mr. Crawley, for another ruction at Ballydab. 1831 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 148 It was in the time of the 'ruction [sc. the 1798 rebellion]. 1886 Sat. Rev. 22 May 695/1 The ruction has been hardly in the fearless old Hibernian manner. 1890 Spectator 27 Dec. 933/1 Whisky which produces motiveless ructions at fairs and social gatherings. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill v. 117 I say, there's going to be a ruction in front of the Pavvy. Come on! 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Nov. 14/1 As a result of this little ruction, Baltimore is freed..from the grip of a political coalition which boded no good for the city. 1998 A. Warner Sopranos 55 There'd been the usual rows and ructions of any bus trip..about what musical cassettes were going to be played en route. 2. In plural. British colloquial. Unpleasant or angry reactions to an event; protests; complaints. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger wratha1200 wrethea1400 hatelc1400 angerc1425 braida1450 fumea1529 passion1530 fustian fume1553 ruff1567 pelt1573 spleen1590 blaze1597 huff1599 blustera1616 dog-flawa1625 overboiling1767 explosion1769 squall1807 blowout1825 flare-up1837 fit1841 bust-up1842 wax1854 Scot1859 pelter1861 ructions1862 performance1864 outfling1865 rise1877 detonation1878 flare-out1879 bait1882 paddy1894 paddywhack1899 wingding1927 wing-dinger1933 eppie1987 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of viretotec1386 moving?a1439 reela1450 stir1487 songa1500 pirrie1536 hurly-burly1548 make-a-do1575 confusions1599 the hunt is upa1625 ruffle1642 fuss1701 fraction1721 fizza1734 dust1753 noration1773 steeriea1776 splorea1791 rook1808 piece of work1810 curfuffle1813 squall1813 rookerya1820 stushie1824 shindy1829 shine1832 hurroosh1836 fustle1839 upsetting1847 shinty1848 ructions1862 vex1862 houp-la1870 set-out1875 hoodoo1876 tingle-tangle1880 shemozzle1885 take-on1893 dust-up1897 hoo-ha1931 tra-la-la1933 gefuffle1943 tzimmes1945 kerfuffle1946 1862 Illustr. Dublin Jrnl. 15 Mar. 446/1 For the love of God, don't say I'm here, or there'll be ructions till Michaelmas! 1917 A. R. Wonham Spun Yarns of Naval Officer 180 I quite understood that she would be on the mud for an hour or two, and that there would be ructions when Mr. Scott got back. 1969 A. Bennett Forty Years On i. 31 If I have another muff out of you there'll be ructions. 1975 Countryman Autumn 79 If the hens were off-lay, so that food in the house was short, there were ructions. 1988 W. Russell Shirley Valentine i. i, in Shirley Valentine & One for the Road (1993) 2 If the plate isn't landin' on the table just as his foot is landin' on the mat, there's ructions. 2010 Evening Standard (Nexis) 1 July Mr Johnson caused ructions two years ago with his call for a four-runway 24-hour airport on an artificial island off Sheppey in Kent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809 |
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